Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has released six conditions before the Federal Government reopens schools and tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The minister who was speaking at the 2020 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, said All Institutions must have Hand-washing facilities, Body temperature checks and Body disinfectants at all entry points to their major facilities including the gates, hostels, classes, offices.
Other conditions include decontamination of the whole premises of each institution, ensure social and physical distancing in class and meeting spaces as well as ensure all efforts are geared towards maintenance of the highest level of hygiene.
Jamb registrar, professor Ishaq oloyede at the event said the board has approved 160 and above as cut-off Mark’s for candidates seeking admissions into universities, 120 and above for polytechnics and 100 and above for colleges of education and innovative institutions.
About two million candidates wrote the 2020 unified tertiary matriculation examination.
Last year, about one million, one hundred and sixty candidates took the test, 612, 557 gained admission and 510, 927 admissions were unused.
(Editor Nkoli Omhoudu)
